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Nisaba 34, 0317 (P479837)
Administrative, Ur III, Umma · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE
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| Designation | Nisaba 34, 0317 |
|---|---|
| ID | P479837 |
| Museum no. | RBC 00359 |
| Collection | J. Rosen Collection, Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Sumerian |
| Period | Ur III · c. 2100 BCE–2000 BCE |
| Genre | Administrative |
| Find spot | Umma (mod. Tell Jokha) |
| Coordinates | 31.6669, 45.8861 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| obverse | ||
| 1 | 1(u) gurusz u4 3(disz)-sze3 | 10 male laborers for 3 days |
| 2 | kar umma{ki}-ta | from the port of Umma |
| 3 | ki-su7 i7 lugal-ka-sze3 | to the Kisu of the royal canal |
| 4 | ma2 gid2-da ma2 diri-ga | barge punted, barge floated |
| 5 | u4 7(disz)-sze3 sze bala-a | for 7 workdays, barley transferred |
| 6 | sze ma2-a si-ga ma2 gid2-da | barley loaded into a barge, barge punted, |
| 7 | kun-zi-da na-na-tum-ka-sze3 | to the Kunzida of Nanatum |
| reverse | ||
| 1 | bala-ak | balaŋ |
| 2 | [u4 n] 4(disz)-sze3 kar umma{ki}-sze3 | for n+4 days to the port of Umma |
| 3 | [ma2] gid2-da | long boat |
| 4 | [u4] 3(disz)-sze3 sze ba-al-la | for 3 days barley rations carried |
| 5 | [sze] bala#-a guru7-a im ur3-ra | barley bala, grain silos, clay heaps |
| 6 | [ugula] e2-ki | foreman of Eki |
| 7 | [kiszib3] a-du-mu | under seal of Adumu |
| 8 | [mu] us2-sa si-ma-num2{ki} ba-hul | year after: “Simanum was destroyed. |
| seal 1 | ||
| 1 | ur-{d}suen | Ur-Suen |
| 2 | dub-sar | scribe |
| 3 | dumu ur-{gesz}gigir | son of Ur-gigir, |
| 4 | sza3-tam | the heart |
Sources & licences
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